priority setting: root vs index.htm

[joshbeaulieu]

Hi there,

My default priority is 0.5 and update is monthly.  However, I wish my main page to be 1.0 and weekly.  I am employing the individual attributes in the Config.  The problem is that the root, and the index.htm cannot both be 1.0... without making ALL the files 1.0 and weekly.  See:

<url>
  <loc>[external links are visible to admins only]</loc>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <lastmod>2006-08-17T14:29:35+00:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
  <loc>[external links are visible to admins only]</loc>
  <priority>1.0</priority>
  <lastmod>2006-08-17T18:37:09+00:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
</url>

When I put '[external links are visible to admins only]' or '[external links are visible to admins only]' in the individual attributes to specify the root, it thinks I mean for ALL the files in the website.  How can I fix this?

[admin]

Hello,

you can use the following string in individual attributes option to select homepage ONLY:
www.domian.com/$

(notice $ character at the end)

[joshbeaulieu]

Thanks!  BTW, i figured out why my one site wasnt' working... was a problem at my end / my server's end.

cheers

[joshbeaulieu]

Hmm it won't work though.  I checked and I do have ver2.2.  Here's what I've got:

[external links are visible to admins only]$,,weekly,1.0
[external links are visible to admins only]

and the output:

<url>
  <loc>[external links are visible to admins only]</loc>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <lastmod>2006-08-17T14:29:35+00:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
  <loc>[external links are visible to admins only]</loc>
  <priority>1.0</priority>
  <lastmod>2006-08-18T16:17:48+00:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
</url>

What am I doing wrong?

[admin]

Hello,

please try to add it without "http://" part, as I specified in the example.

[joshbeaulieu]

It is not working.  I just want to have both the "[external links are visible to admins only]" and "[external links are visible to admins only]" be at priority 1.0 instead of the default 0.5. 

Can the software not do this?  Why is this so hard to set up?

Also I'm noticing that even though I've specied "Use server's response" for last updated, it produces the current time, for all files.

How can I fix these problems?

[admin]

Hello,

It is not working.  I just want to have both the "http://www.domain.com" and "http://www.domain.com/index.htm" be at priority 1.0 instead of the default 0.5. 

please let me know your generator instance URL/login so that I can check that:
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1

Also I'm noticing that even though I've specied "Use server's response" for last updated, it produces the current time, for all files.

Sitemap Generator inserts current timestamp in case if server doesn't return "Last-modification time" header (which is the case for all dynamically generated pages, for instance).

[joshbeaulieu]

Hi Oleg / Admin,

Just wondering if you got my PM?

cheers
Josh

[admin]

Got it

[shangyu]

I simply want to set a different priority for the homepage [external links are visible to admins only]. [external links are visible to admins only]$,,,1.0 also doesn't work for me. I also tried othe variations and failed. Did I miss something?

[admin]

Hello,

please try the following to set individual attributes for the domain root:

Code:

www.domain.com//$,,,1.0

(notice double slash after domain name)

[shangyu]

Hello,

please try the following to set individual attributes for the domain root:

Code:

www.domain.com//$,,,1.0

(notice double slash after domain name)

Works!!! Thank you so much

[shangyu]

Hi Oleg

I want to set individual attributes for the index page of a folder, however, following variations didn't work on my site. Is there any other option?

[external links are visible to admins only]$,,,1.0
[external links are visible to admins only]$,,,1.0
dir/$,,,1.0

Thank you.

[admin]

Hello,

this should work:

Code:

dir/$,,,1.0

if it doesn't, please let me know your generator URL in private message

[shangyu]

Oleg, I sent you a pm. Please check, thanks.